230 Messrs. BH. L. and E. L. C. Layard on the 
are founded on the sexes and seasonable changes of two species. 
Gmelin’s name, if it can be shown to which species it refers, 
must have priority over atronitens of Gray, and caledonica 
of Bonaparte. 
25. EryrHrura CyaNeEIrrons, Tristram, Ibis, 1878, p. 260. 
This pretty species, which takes the place of H. psittacea of 
New Caledonia, is found about the native gardens, but very 
sparingly. It feeds on grass-seeds, and generally flies in 
small flocks or families of five or six or seven. Itis very shy 
and wary, and on being pursued quits the spot and seldom 
returns to it. Length 4! 9!". Iris very dark brown; legs 
and feet brown ; bill black. Hasa shrill piercing note, like #. 
psittacea. Native name “ Finifi.” 
Lieut. Richards, commanding H.M.S. ‘ Renard,’ and L. L. 
found this species in Tanna, where L. L. also procured Turdus 
pritzbuert. 
26. CucuLus BRonzinus, G. R. Gray. 
Occurred to both of us on Lifu, but is more often heard 
than seen. It is called “‘Zeug”? We found young in the 
striped plumage and adults in full breeding-dress at the end 
of August. They feed on a reddish hairy caterpillar, and 
utter a shrill clear piping whistle. 
27. CHALCITES LUcIDUs (Gmel.). 
We had identified the species frequenting New Caledonia 
and Lifu with C. basalis, Horsf., being guided by Mr. Gould’s 
‘Birds of Australia,’ and having only a single New-Zealand 
specimen to compare with our birds. It will be interesting 
to clear up this point, as it may indicate the true range of 
the New-Zealand species. We have lately, in August and 
September, shot several specimens containing eggs ready for 
exclusion. A breeding female was obtained in Lifu on the 
25th of August. The natives recognize its affinity to the 
preceding, and call it also “ Zeug.” 
28. TRICHOGLOSSUS MASSENA, Bp. 
Hearing much of a Parrot found in the interior of Lifu, we 
despatched a hunter expressly to procure it. He returned with 
